In a small town where no one may open a door after 8 p.m., a mother puts her child to bed and apologizes for being startled, claiming she saw something. Immediately, her husband arrives home after the curfew, demanding she let him in from outside. Her child questions her hesitation. Realizing the door is not even locked, the mother suspects her husband wouldn't need her help. She refuses to open it, and his demands intensify as he insists from the other side. The episode ends with the mother's scream.